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November 14, 2023
New welcome center rekindles connection to Big Basin
Renewal
New welcome center rekindles connection to Big Basin
The League and partners recently opened the Rancho del Oso Welcome Center on the coastal side of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, marking another milestone in the park's inspiring comeback.

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Spooky redwoods ghost town remains ‘a presence’

History

Spooky redwoods ghost town remains ‘a presence’

As shadows lengthen and the days grow short, discover this fascinating story of the former logging town of Falk, a community whose spirit still haunts the Headwaters Forest Reserve near Eureka.

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Orphans trees of Calaveras Big Trees, feared dead, are alive

Resilience

Orphans trees of Calaveras Big Trees, feared dead, are alive

Two monarch giant sequoias known as The Orphans, which incurred fire damage during a 2022 prescribed burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, are still alive, according to scientists who examined them recently.

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First experience of old-growth redwoods is ‘mind-blowing’

Celebration

First experience of old-growth redwoods is ‘mind-blowing’

New League staffers Adrian Fausto and Sara Williams don’t work in the forest. So when they got a chance to support a community celebration at Richardson Grove State Park—and see ancient redwoods for the very first time—they were all in.

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What does AB 618 mean for your next campout?

Parks

What does AB 618 mean for your next campout?

Trying to book a California state park campsite for a popular weekend can feel like an exercise in futility. But landing a coveted site may soon get easier, thanks to California Assembly Bill 618, recently signed into law.

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Redwoods: A safe place to be yourself

Sanctuary

Redwoods: A safe place to be yourself

As a queer person, Max Sovine finds a refuge from judgment in places such as the redwoods. Learn how they share the "life-saving" experience of time in nature with queer teens.

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@savetheredwoods   So inspiring to hear the voices of Indigenous leaders talking about the redwoods. Here, Tom Little Bear Nason, chairman of Big Sur’s Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, describes his tribe’s long-standing relationship with redwoods. The latest edition of the League’s Redwoods magazine describes how the tribe is working with the area’s non-native communities to integrate cultural burn strategies into land management practices that will protect the forest from catastrophic wildfires. His generosity in sharing this knowledge stems from a deep belief that all people must come together to heal the wound we’ve inflicted on our mother Earth. Many tribal members don’t agree. They are angry about centuries of suppression of Indigenous practices, which Little Bear acknowledges, adding that scientists and westerners now come begging for traditional ecological knowledge to then plagiarize that very wisdom.

“I think the benefit of sharing far outweighs not sharing,” Little Bear adds. “We are all going through healing and reconciliation, a generational trauma, triggering us to heal with all people, even those who were co-conspirators or [their] descendants. The only way to bring true harmony is to take each other by hand, like we do when we do a fire circle, and let others in. We all are Indigenous to somewhere.”

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